of mea1~ fer eber1 hant from 8at‘dn~ytwell Sat‘day.	.

	“De niggers was ‚ low~ed to hab a 11 ‚ I patch o f dey own, dat dey couldwuk at night an‘ at‘day ebenin‘.~ ‘What dey makeon dis patch, was dey‘ n, an‘ O]. Marster pay ‚ em money for . Nobody didn ~..t

I	make de niggers wuk dey patche~ — iffen dey want de. grass to took ‘eu, dat‘s all right wid 01e MarsTter. 01e Marstér I~iab a big gyarden

	‘most big as a fiel‘, whar dey raise greens an~ collardè an‘ turnups fer de whole place. .

	“My granpappy was a carp ent er an‘ 01 e Marst er eont rac ‚ him out tode yuther plantations to build dey houses. De grown niggers had to be up I day. De oberse.er blow he horn fust to ~ git up by an‘ de nex‘ time he blow dey hatter be ready to~go to de fiel‘. ~ ~

“Dere was a ol‘ ‘oman what kep‘ ailde liii niggers, whilst dey i~iammies was in de fiel‘. Dis ol‘ ‘öman cook.ød fer de ii‘l uris an‘ fed ‘em all day, an‘ dey maminies tuk ‘em at night.

	“Us ‚ s do ‚ s was made out ten osnaburg cloth an‘ dyed wid ôop ‘rus an‘ sometime dey mix terbaccy an‘ peach4Çee leabes wid de dye. Us ~ad a big orchard wid apples an‘ peaches afl‘ pears, more‘n us an‘ de hawgs togedder could eat up.. ~ S
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“When a nigger died,dey was buried in de graveyard Isk dey do

	flow, an‘ dey shouted an‘ holleredan‘ sometime ~ toman she faint S ~ hab to be tote home. De song dey sing mos‘ at de fun‘ral was:

	S ~rkf~ A~. ~oP~i~

	“Us ~sho‘ did hab plenty singin.‘ o‘ hymns an‘ shoutin‘ at night in de cabins. Iffen de men want to break a night rest he go possum huntin‘ or rabbit huntin‘ jes! so he git pass from Oie Marster an‘ ~T~8 at de fi‘ 1 on time wid. de yuther han‘ s.
Aia&tth~,